Courtesy of RedWingsBaseball.com
By AUSTIN HAWKINS
BUFFALO, N.Y. – There’s no rushing Thruway Cup baseball. Especially in 2016. Rochester and Buffalo went to extra frames at Coca-Cola Field for the second consecutive day Wednesday with the Bisons coming out on top 2-1 thanks to Domonic Brown’s RBI single in the 10th inning.
Jason Wheeler was transferred from Double-A Chattanooga prior to the game and made his first start of the season for the Red Wings (8-11) after three of Rochester’s five starters were needed in Minnesota.
The burly 6’6″ lefty started 15 games for the Wings last season and struggled as he went 1-7 with a 6.58 ERA. He surrendered three Bisons (9-11) base hits in the bottom of the first and it appeared as 2015 struggles would continue.
Wheeler settled down and went on to retire 10 of the next 11 batters he faced including quick 1-2-3 frames in the second and fourth innings.
Roberto Hernandez was signed by Toronto and assigned to Buffalo prior to the game started for Buffalo. The man formerly known as Fausto Carmona when he pitched for the Cleveland Indians appeared in 20 games last season for the Houston Astros, made his return to Buffalo. Hernandez pitched for the Bisons from 2004-06 and made his Triple-A debut against the Wings at Frontier Field back in 2004. READ MORE.
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